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What is Positive Action

Chapter 17
Handbook of Research on Practices for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
Where inequalities exist there are opportunities to take direct action to overcome or minimise disadvantage.
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University Diversity Challenge: BAME Students and Small Specialist Institutions
Linda Greening (Hartpury University, UK)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9628-9.ch017
Abstract
The widening participation agenda in the UK higher education system aims to promote equality of opportunity throughout the student lifecycle. Higher education providers have been challenged to set ambitious targets around student diversity within aspects of the student lifecycle; however, small specialist degree providers (SSDPs) experience greater challenges in achieving ambitious targets, specifically with regards to ethnic homogeneity on many campuses. Exploration of the challenges faced by UK SSDPs and an overview of current activity are provided within this chapter, facilitated by the use of qualitative data from an online survey distributed to SSDPs in the summer of 2021. Seemingly, these degree providers need to undergo a large-scale cultural shift to enable achievement of ambitious targets.
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